Reader comments on Irreversible

We shouldn't be ranting and raving about what the point in the movie was or why the movie was made or how extreme or unextremem the violence was... We should just tell each other whether the film entertained us or not.

Heard of that? Once upon a time, films were designed to entertain, and the good thing is... they still are! Films don't need meanings but, according to everybody who hasn't realised this story didn't actually happen, some films need meanings in order to permit "extreme" scenes.